United confirmed that it's considering jets in the E2 family along with the C Series, Airbus A319neo and Boeing 737 Max 7.
The company in its latest India market forecast estimated that the country would need 1,750 new aircrafts over the next 20 years
Airbus in its release said Neewee's solution, called procuSense, will enhance certainty to manufacturing supply chain
Some 3,600 jobs are likely to be affected, with plants in Bremen and Augsburg, Germany, Seville in Spain and Filton, the United Kingdom, worst hit
Replacing the engines is the "best possible precautionary measure" to avoid further mishaps, IndiGo spokesman Ajay Jasra said
IndiGo said on Saturday that it had withdrawn three affected planes from service and canceled some flights after new issue on the troubled engine program emerged
Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Development and Reform Commission on industrial cooperation in Tianjin, north China's port city
Airbus currently plans to lower output to eight a year
In November, Boeing agreed to sell 300 planes worth $37 billion at list prices to China during a state visit by Donald Trump
Dubai Airshow delegates said Emirates and Airbus must now resolve problems of visibility if a deal is to be done
IndiGo and Indigo Partners are separate firms with separate management
Airbus had embarked on a fresh search for a sales chief and that Leahy's deputy, Kiran Rao, had confirmed he would not be running for the post
But his replacement is unlikely to enjoy the same latitude as Leahy in negotiations or influence over industrial moves
The new facility is crucial to Airbus's strategy for increasing US sales of the Canadian plane while avoiding stiff trade penalties
The deal with Airbus means CSeries jets can be built at Airbus' Alabama assembly plant
Bombardier said the partnership should more than double the value of the CSeries program
Will lead to fast decision-making, less bureaucracy, greater collaboration
It also estimated strong demand for repairs, training and upgrade work
Buoyed by orders from entities in this country, European aircraft maker Airbus is opening a pilot training centre here. Work on this was inaugurated on Friday at a site which is part of the international airport; it will be operational by the end of 2018.It will house two simulators of the A320 for pilots from customer airlines. Which includes Vistara, IndiGo and GoAir."We have only scratched the surface on civil aviation in India. The training centre will be the first such facility fully owned by us in Asia," said Tom Enders, global chief executive officer (CEO) of Airbus.India has a little more than 200 of Airbus' planes in operation; there is also an order backlog of about 520 of its A320neo, giving it a market share of 70 per cent in service. On an average, Airbus will deliver one aircraft each week here over the next 10 years. Market leader IndiGo, budget carrier GoAir and full service airline Vistara are all Airbus clients and have ordered the A320 neo. IndiGo, in two tranches ..
AITC will support India's growing need for Airbus aircraft pilots and maintenance engineers